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  • #16
    Originally posted by Talal View Post
    yeah lol rosetta is expensive, cheers osho another great source

    za talal yam
    Its just not worth the price for.

    dont you want to say, 'zema num Talal da' (My name is Talal)

    'za Talal yam' (I am Talal) doesnt look proper :D

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    • #17
      I urge you not to get Rosetta Stone. It gets boring really quickly and proceeds at such a slow rate it will kill your desire to learn the language. You can learn much faster by other means.

      Trust me, I've tried it, and I regret it.

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      • #18
        I say, start off with this idiots basic course
        Forum - Pashtuns Forum
        http://www.pashtunforums.com/pashto-language-10/pashto-phrase-thread-11710/
        Forum Description


        Then move on to harder stuff

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        • #19
          "za talal yam" is perfectly fine. it means I am talal

          so here is your first lesson.

          "za" means I
          "yam" is a sense of being. literally meaning "am"

          so u can make more sentences...

          za najorr yam (I am sick)
          za uzgaar yam ( i am free/i don't have anything to do)


          najorr = sick/ill which is also said "naarogh"
          uzgaar = free. (in a sense of not having anything to do).

          can you make a sentence like above now... ?

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          • #20
            taso sanga ye ? or sanga ye taso ?
            It's enough that I know, Our time had a home, In your heart..Was a place..But the glass always breaks..

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            • #21
              taso sanga yast.

              taso = (plural) you
              sanga = how
              yast = are

              which comes out to how are you.

              you can use the plural form of pashto in two cases when u are addressing more than one people, or you basically want to address one person formally, or with respect.

              I am = yam
              we are = yoo
              you are = ye (singular)
              you are = yast (plural,or respect)

              za sha yam
              muzh sha yoo
              ta sha ye
              taso sha yast

              za = I
              muzh = we
              ta = you
              taso = you(plural or formal/respectful)

              za sha yam talal jana... taso sanga yast? try answering this.

              notice how i adressed you in plural form, even though u are one person... its because i wanted to be formal... if i weren't formal i would say

              za sha yam talal jana... ta sanga ye?
              Last edited by Guest; 03-09-2011, 06:22 PM.

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              • #22
                Originally posted by Feroza_Banu View Post

                za sha yam talal jana... taso sanga yast? try answering this.


                za sha yam talal jana... ta sanga ye?
                za sha yam talal jana... taso sanga yast?

                I am fine talal..how are you ?

                za sha yam manana

                so yast and ye mean `are` but the difference being singular and plural/respect
                It's enough that I know, Our time had a home, In your heart..Was a place..But the glass always breaks..

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                • #23
                  Originally posted by torkham View Post
                  interesting . . . dont you have ashada instead of kha in kandahar pashto?
                  I was talking to my friend from baghlan, and we started comparing dialects, the sheen/kheen etc
                  his conclusion was that kheen is standard pashto, quoting karzai using kheen dialect when addressing public. he confirmed the standard pashto by listening to afghan cell net voice messages.
                  i am still unclear; my weak assumption was that kandahar dialect held high position, plus a lot of PFers from KP assert their kheen dialect as proper.
                  what is the general opinion in kandahar, kakargirl?
                  yes wrora there is a difference the whole sound of speaking is much smother faster, we have too much sh's lol yes we say ashada , i said kha and kana once back home and got shouted at and got correctted so yes they take their dialect very seriously, kandahar and helmand dialect is one, torkham wror had to find this out before i could answer, your right kandahar dialect does hold a high position so your assumption were not weak but strong .
                  Last edited by Guest; 03-10-2011, 10:28 PM.

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                  • #24
                    Talal,
                    Sta Urdu izda da?
                    Even Adobe Photoshop can't change me.

                    A line[Durrand line] of hatred that raised a wall between the two brothers -Hamid Karzai

                    For generations, the Hindus of India prayed for deliverance from "the venom of the cobra, the teeth of the tiger and the vengeance of the Afghan."


                    The men of Kábul and Khilj also went home; and whenever they were questioned about the Musulmáns of the Kohistán (the mountains), and how matters stood there, they said, "Don't call it Kohistán, but Afghánistán; for there is nothing there but Afgháns and disturbances." Thus it is clear that for this reason the people of the country call their home in their own language Afghánistán, and themselves Afgháns. The people of India call them Patán; but the reason for this is not known. But it occurs to me, that when, under the rule of Muhammadan sovereigns, Musulmáns first came to the city of Patná, and dwelt there, the people of India (for that reason) called them Patáns—but God knows!

                    -Ferishta, 1560–1620

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                    • #25
                      da sha day.

                      sanga ye ?
                      It's enough that I know, Our time had a home, In your heart..Was a place..But the glass always breaks..

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                      • #26
                        Originally posted by Talal View Post
                        da sha day.

                        sanga ye ?
                        Shayam shukar dey, ta singa ya?
                        Even Adobe Photoshop can't change me.

                        A line[Durrand line] of hatred that raised a wall between the two brothers -Hamid Karzai

                        For generations, the Hindus of India prayed for deliverance from "the venom of the cobra, the teeth of the tiger and the vengeance of the Afghan."


                        The men of Kábul and Khilj also went home; and whenever they were questioned about the Musulmáns of the Kohistán (the mountains), and how matters stood there, they said, "Don't call it Kohistán, but Afghánistán; for there is nothing there but Afgháns and disturbances." Thus it is clear that for this reason the people of the country call their home in their own language Afghánistán, and themselves Afgháns. The people of India call them Patán; but the reason for this is not known. But it occurs to me, that when, under the rule of Muhammadan sovereigns, Musulmáns first came to the city of Patná, and dwelt there, the people of India (for that reason) called them Patáns—but God knows!

                        -Ferishta, 1560–1620

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                        • #27
                          za kha yam, that is the only thing i have mastered so far
                          It's enough that I know, Our time had a home, In your heart..Was a place..But the glass always breaks..

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                          • #28
                            Originally posted by Talal View Post
                            za kha yam, that is the only thing i have mastered so far
                            Pohantoon dey singa dey?
                            Even Adobe Photoshop can't change me.

                            A line[Durrand line] of hatred that raised a wall between the two brothers -Hamid Karzai

                            For generations, the Hindus of India prayed for deliverance from "the venom of the cobra, the teeth of the tiger and the vengeance of the Afghan."


                            The men of Kábul and Khilj also went home; and whenever they were questioned about the Musulmáns of the Kohistán (the mountains), and how matters stood there, they said, "Don't call it Kohistán, but Afghánistán; for there is nothing there but Afgháns and disturbances." Thus it is clear that for this reason the people of the country call their home in their own language Afghánistán, and themselves Afgháns. The people of India call them Patán; but the reason for this is not known. But it occurs to me, that when, under the rule of Muhammadan sovereigns, Musulmáns first came to the city of Patná, and dwelt there, the people of India (for that reason) called them Patáns—but God knows!

                            -Ferishta, 1560–1620

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                            • #29
                              Someone should explain the the convoluted Adjective, and noun formations.

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                              • #30
                                darsoona dai sanga di?

                                dars = lesson/studies.
                                sabaq = also means studies.
                                dai = literally means your
                                sanga = how
                                di = are

                                how are your studies.

                                yours (something that belongs to you) = dai
                                yours (something that belongs to a group of people in second person) = mo
                                Mine (something that belongs to me singular) = mai
                                ours (something that belongs to a group of first person) = mo
                                his/her/theirs? = yai

                                now i am going to make sentences for the above words..

                                how is my studies? darsoona mai sanga di?
                                how is your studies (to singular) =darsoona dai sanga di.
                                how is your studies (to plural) = darsoona mo sanga di.
                                how is our studies = darsoona mo sanga di
                                how is his/her studies = darsoona yai sanga di.

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